2S2 PEECT SLADEN TEL'ST EXPEDITION. 



Family Hypsidse. 



47. Mypsa suhretracta, Wlk. 

 Hijpsa subretrada, Walk., Cat. vii. p. 1676. 



Pseudohijpsa subretrada, Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 1891, p. 430. 



Seychelles. — Joannis has recorded a single female as collected in Mahe. I have not 

 seen or heard of any other examples from the Seychelles. 



Distribution. — Sierra Leone ; S. Nigeria ; Uganda ; Natal ; Cape Colony ; Seychelles 

 (Mahe). 



48. Deilemera seychellensis, Hmpsn. 



Deilemera seychellensis, Hampson, A. M. N. H. (8) i. (1908) p. 485. 

 Deilemera leuconoe, Joannis (nee Hopffer), Ann. S. E. France, 1894, p. 430. 



Seychelles. — Eight specimens (4 d' , 4 ? ), all taken in Mahe at Cascade Estate, where 

 it flies hy day along the edge of tlie ancient jungle at about 1000 feet elevation. 

 Distribution. — Seychelles (Mahe). 



49. Argiiia astrea, Drury. 



Phalmna astrea, Drury, 111. Exot. Ins. ii. p. 11, t. 6. f. 3. 

 Euchelia pylotis, Boisd., Faun. Had. Maur. p. 85. 

 Beiopeia cribraria, Guenee, Maill. Reuu., Lep. p. 24. 



Argina cribraria, Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 160 ; Hampson, Moths Ind. ii. p, 51, f. 24 ; Semper, 

 Schmett. Philipp. ii. t. P. fE. 8, 9 (larva, pupa). 

 Seychelles. — Two specimens of form pylotis from Mahe {de Gaye). 

 Distribution.— B-eunion ; Mauritius ; Rodriguez ; Madagascar ; Seychelles (Mahe, 

 La Digue); throughout India; Burma; Ceylon; Andamans; Nicobars; Christmas I.; 

 I'cnang ; Hongkong ; Philippines ; New Guinea ; New Hebrides ; Thursday I. ; 

 Queensland. 



Family Spllingidas. 



50. Herse convolvuli, Linn. 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn.,Syst. Nat. (ed. x) p. 490 (1758); Boisd., Faun. Mad. Maur. p. 77 (1833); 



Guenee, Maill. Reiin., Lep. p. 22 (1863). 

 Protoparce convuhmli, Saalm., Lep. Madag. p. 132 (1881) ; Hampson, Moths Ind. i. p. 103 (fig.) ; 



Semper, Schmett. Philipp. ii. t. H. ff. 5-7 (lai-va, pupa). 

 Phlegethuntiiis convolvuli, Holland, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 1895, p. 270; Joannis, Ann. S. E. France, 



1894, p. 432. 

 Agrius convolvuli, Tutt, Brit. Lep. iv. p. 330. 

 Herse convolvuli. Roths. & Jord., Revis. Sphing. p. 1 1 . 



Farquhar I. — Larvae found on " poc-poc," 29 September, 1905, and one moth bred on 

 19 October. 



Distribution. — Europe ; throughout Africa ; Reunion ; Mauritius ; Madagascar ; 

 Farquhar I.; Seychelles; Aden; throughout S. Asia to Askold I. and Japan; Andamans; 



